Form 8.3 UNITE GROUP PLC/THE

FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR

MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.

KEY INFORMATION

(a)

Full name of discloser:

Barclays PLC.

(b)

Owner or controller of interest and short

positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

(c)

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

UNITE GROUP PLC/THE

relevant securities this form relates:

(d)

If an exempt fund manager connected with an

offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of

offeror/offeree:

(e)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

11 Sep 2025

(f)

In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making

YES:

disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

EMPIRIC STUDENT PROPERTY PLC

2.

POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)

Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree

to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any)

Class of relevant security:

25p ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

3,510,162

0.72%

1,375,418

0.28%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,439,061

0.29%

3,245,500

0.66%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

4,949,223

1.01%

4,620,918

0.94%

(b)

Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive

options)

Class of relevant security in relation to

which subscription right exists

Details, including nature of the rights

concerned and relevant percentages:

3.

DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)

Purchases and sales

Class of relevant

Purchase/sale

Number of

Price per unit

security

securities

25p ordinary

Purchase

124,203

7.1299 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

63,083

7.1043 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

37,674

7.1349 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

34,570

7.1350 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

26,241

7.1259 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

26,019

7.0880 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

21,955

7.1228 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

17,028

7.0852 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

16,344

7.0882 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

13,896

7.0972 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

13,168

7.0727 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

11,522

7.0763 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

9,040

7.0915 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

7,025

7.0922 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

5,227

7.1066 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

4,271

7.1013 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

4,172

7.0791 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

3,668

7.1107 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

3,218

7.0779 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,588

7.0715 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,227

7.1023 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,090

7.1135 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,953

7.0876 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,842

7.1079 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,788

7.0939 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,673

7.1137 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,585

7.1119 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,467

7.0927 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,229

7.0650 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,124

7.1200 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

873

7.1039 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

707

7.0500 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

700

7.1145 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

672

7.1000 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

593

7.0700 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

562

7.1318 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

461

7.0806 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

437

7.0989 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

436

7.1203 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

423

7.0600 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

417

7.1150 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

365

7.0900 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

351

7.0662 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

200

7.0725 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

182

7.0825 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

101

7.0875 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

36

7.1005 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

15

7.0846 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

11

7.0827 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

3

7.0950 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

165,901

7.1258 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

83,066

7.1350 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

63,323

7.1271 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

62,424

7.0948 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

42,319

7.1102 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

36,360

7.0982 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

27,533

7.0990 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

25,658

7.1138 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

22,438

7.1286 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

15,772

7.1174 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

13,096

7.1346 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

11,248

7.1036 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

10,121

7.0842 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

7,225

7.0832 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

6,352

7.1181 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,586

7.1183 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,208

7.1310 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,187

7.0790 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,784

7.1034 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,666

7.0786 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,383

7.0837 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,294

7.0792 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,690

7.0781 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,556

7.0809 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,465

7.0919 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,272

7.1053 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,254

7.0900 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,210

7.0532 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,150

7.0981 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,070

7.1067 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,018

7.0912 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,763

7.0650 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,735

7.0793 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,644

7.0500 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,132

7.0735 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,125

7.1200 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,117

7.1091 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

925

7.0922 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

912

7.0891 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

843

7.0633 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

831

7.0750 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

818

7.1160 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

817

7.0679 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

750

7.0858 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

626

7.0798 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

620

7.1000 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

474

7.0700 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

381

7.0992 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

345

7.1354 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

267

7.1444 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

79

7.1225 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

48

7.0645 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

26

7.0838 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

19

7.1100 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

48

7.0645 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

32

7.0700 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,690

7.0781 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,187

7.0790 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,294

7.0792 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,710

7.0795 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

626

7.0798 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,556

7.0809 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

26

7.0835 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,890

7.0861 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,025

7.0900 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

147

7.0905 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,018

7.0912 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,465

7.0919 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

925

7.0922 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

62,424

7.0948 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,150

7.0981 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

36,360

7.0982 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

27,533

7.0990 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

381

7.0992 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

186

7.1013 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

148

7.1019 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15

7.1020 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,248

7.1036 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,272

7.1053 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,070

7.1067 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,117

7.1091 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

19

7.1100 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

25,658

7.1138 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

18,681

7.1156 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,600

7.1159 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,586

7.1183 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,647

7.1233 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,666

7.1276 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,135

7.1277 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

13,239

7.1298 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,208

7.1310 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

13,096

7.1346 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

143,246

7.1350 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

345

7.1354 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

267

7.1444 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2

7.0600 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

429

7.0650 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

351

7.0662 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

35

7.0700 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,608

7.0739 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

461

7.0806 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11

7.0826 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15

7.0846 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

17,028

7.0852 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

101

7.0875 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,953

7.0876 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,200

7.0904 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

76,782

7.0917 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3

7.0950 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

437

7.0989 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

17,095

7.0993 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

34,526

7.1002 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,668

7.1107 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,673

7.1137 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,050

7.1142 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,988

7.1160 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

42

7.1200 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

436

7.1203 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

21,955

7.1228 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,474

7.1261 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,957

7.1270 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,273

7.1271 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

749

7.1285 USD

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,173

7.1286 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

562

7.1318 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

37,674

7.1349 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

29,777

7.1353 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

4,567

7.0500 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

2,086

7.0670 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

18,458

7.0847 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

13,039

7.0888 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

7,487

7.1344 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1

7.1400 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

168

7.0798 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

872

7.1043 GBP

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class

Product

Writing,

Number

Exercise

Type

Expiry

Option

of

description

purchasing,

of

price

date

money

relevant

selling,

securities

per unit

paid/

security

varying etc

to which

received

option

per unit

relates

(ii)

Exercise

Class of relevant

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

Exercise price per

security

securities

unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

security

applicable)

4.

OTHER INFORMATION

(a)

Indemnity and other dealings arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding,

formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal

or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party

to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

NONE

(b)

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between

the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:

(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or

(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which

any derivative is referenced:

NONE

(c)

Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

No

Date of disclosure:

12 Sep 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213